Most dolphin births along coastal Texas waters occur in March. Peak calving for dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon occurs in April and August. Bottlenose dolphins in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Southern California have shown a calving peak in the fall.
On May 9, 1917, the company became the Boeing Airplane Company. In late 1917, the U.S. entered World War I and Boeing knew that the U.S. Navy needed seaplanes for training. So Boeing shipped two new Model Cs to Pensacola, Florida where the planes were flown for the Navy.
The First 30 Years. After World War I, New Zealand bought two of first aircraft ever built by Boeing, the B&W floatplane. Both two-float seaplanes were used for pilot training, and one of the B&Ws made New Zealand's first official airmail flight on December 16, 1919.